Mental health trust leadership downgraded by CQC
By Lee Peart 02 June 2025
Leadership at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership (AWP) NHS Trust has been downgraded from good to requires improvement following an inspection by the CQC in July 2024.
SEND improvement plan to address 'systemic failures'
By Lee Peart 29 May 2025
Bracknell Forest Council has set out plans to improve SEND provision including funding for extra staff.
Sunak accused of blocking isolation support during Covid
By Lee Peart 29 May 2025
Former chancellor Rishi Sunak has been accused of blocking isolation support for the disadvantaged during Covid as a ‘point of principle’.
Trust apologises over attacks weeks before Calocane killings
By Lee Peart 23 May 2025
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has apologised after it was revealed two patients in its care staged attacks weeks before the Valdo Calocane killings.
UK Covid-19 Inquiry: Hancock denies claim he ignored call for asymptomatic testing
By Lee Peart 23 May 2025
Former health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has dismissed a claim he ignored expert advice calling for the asymptomatic testing of NHS staff during the Covid pandemic.
Trust targets key areas for improvement after CQC downgrade
By Lee Peart 22 May 2025
An improvement plan focused on 10 key priority areas has been developed by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust after its wards for older people with mental health problems were downgraded from good t...
Health secretary 'ignored' call for NHS Covid testing, inquiry hears
By Lee Peart 16 May 2025
Former health secretary Matt Hancock ignored calls for testing asymptomatic NHS staff during Covid, an inquiry has been told.
MPs debate Assisted Dying Bill
By Lee Peart 16 May 2025
An updated version of the Assisted Dying Bill is today being debated by MPs.
Inquiry reveals systemic NHS mental health failures
By Lee Peart 08 May 2025
Systemic failures in the treatment of mental health patients have been revealed during The Lampard Inquiry.
Chair promises to 'seek out the truth' in mental health inquiry
By Lee Peart 29 April 2025
Chair Baroness Lampard has pledged to ‘seek out the truth’ as she launched the evidence sessions of the first public inquiry into mental health deaths yesterday.
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